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Career Center - Alumni Resources
The Career Center supports BW alumni who may need assistance throughout their careers, whether you decide to explore new career opportunities, attend graduate or professional school, change careers, relocate or face the unexpected circumstance of being downsized. The Career Center provides alumni access to the following BW online resources.
Career Center Resources
Handshake
BW Handshake is a web-based platform with 24/7 access to job and internship opportunities, career related events, and relevant resources based on your career goals.
Big Interview
Big Interview is designed to meet you where you are and give you tools to help you in any interview.
Pathway U
Pathway U Is a career path tool designed to help you find areas of work where your individual strengths will excel.
Join the Baldwin Wallace University Career Center group and network with other students and alumni.
What Can I Do with This Major?
What Can I Do with This Major allows you to see the different career pathways you can take with any major of your choice.
1:1 Advising
The Career Center offers 1:1 support to help you find and obtain your dream career.
Handshake Access
- Handshake Access: Fall 2017 Alumni or Later
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- Go to bw.joinhandshake.com and select "you can also sign in using your email address."
- Enter your BW email address then select next. Tip: If you no longer have access to your BW email address, see below.*
- Select "or log in using your Handshake credentials." This will prompt you to set up a password for your account.
- Select the "get started" button to prompt a password creation email to the email address you input.
- Using the email you received, create your password.
- Now, when you log in to the account, be sure to select "you can also sign in using your email address," then "log in using your Handshake credentials" to log in.
*If you do not have access to your BW email address, contact the Career Center at career@bw.edu and include the following information:
- The email address you would like to be used for Handshake.
- The year you graduated from BW.
- If applicable, your last name when you graduated from BW.
A member of the Career Center team will then update your account and reach out with your next steps.
- Handshake Access: Spring 2017 Alumni or Earlier
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- Go to bw.joinhandshake.com
- Click "No account? Sign up here" on the top right of the page.
- Enter your email address. Tip: Use your bw.edu email address if you have access to the account. You may already have a Handshake account and can log in with your BW credentials. If you do not have access to your BW email account, use your personal email address.
- Create a password and read the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Then, check the box to agree to the terms of service before you click submit.
- Fill in your information and click next.
- A screen asking you to confirm your registration will appear.
- To confirm your registration, click on the link that you received in your email.
- Tip: If you do not find your confirmation email, please check your spam folder.
- If you still have difficulty, please contact Handshake at support@joinhandshake.com.
Once you have confirmed your email address, you are registered as an alumnus and may log in at bw.joinhandshake.com with your email address and password to complete your Handshake profile!
Feel free to contact the Career Center at career@bw.edu with any additional questions.
- Schedule An Appointment with the Career Center
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- From the Handshake home page, click "Career Center" in the upper right of the screen.
- Select "appointments" from the list of options.
- Select "schedule a new appointment."
- Select "alumni appointment."
- Choose the most appropriate appointment type.
- Select an appointment time that works for you – use the arrows at the top to go week to week. Each date will tell you if there are appointments available.
